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The Moon on Wednesday, March 24, 1954: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on March 24, 1954Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 24 March 1954402,932 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 24, 1954, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.2% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
402,932 km250,370 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 1954 is on Friday, March 19, 1954 at 12:43 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 3, 1954 at 12:25 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, March 19, 195412:43
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, March 27, 195416:14

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Wednesday, March 24, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 5, 1954 to the new moon of April 3, 1954, a cycle of 29.38 days.